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What was once celebrated as groundbreaking legislation to combat global deforestation has emerged from the EU legislative process as a shadow of its former self, according to environmental advocates and even the law’s original architect. The EU Deforestation Regulation, initially…
Iceland shattered temperature records with 19.8°C on Christmas Eve, while Britain's warmest spring boosted breeding rates for 14 songbird species. Meanwhile, December storms brought crucial snowpack to California's Sierra Nevada mountains, offering hope for water supplies.
Overfishing pushes Mediterranean great whites toward extinction as apex predators disappear from crucial marine ecosystems. Meanwhile, Queensland abandons planned shooting ban for protected flying foxes despite scientific opposition, and BBC's David Attenborough documents London's hidden wildlife at age 99.
Southeast Asia faced a devastating environmental triple threat in 2025, as deadly flooding killed over 1,800 people while conservation efforts collapsed due to massive funding cuts and continued fossil fuel expansion across the region. The crisis began when the Trump…
In a historic environmental milestone, stingless bees native to the Amazon rainforest have become the first insects anywhere in the world to be granted legal rights. The groundbreaking decision, implemented across a vast region of the Peruvian Amazon, grants these…
Scientists predict enhanced Northern Lights visibility throughout 2026 as solar activity peaks, while Malaysia approves $70 million robotic submarine search for missing Flight MH370. Plus: Nepal's highway project threatens indigenous communities and Brigitte Bardot's wildlife advocacy legacy.
While many media outlets chase clicks and pageviews, environmental news organization Mongabay measures success differently—by the tangible impact its journalism creates on the ground. As 2025 comes to a close, the organization’s investigative reporting has sparked government action, empowered marginalized…
The Trump administration's aggressive dismantling of environmental protections creates unprecedented climate setbacks, as London Eye architect Julia Barfield proposes a massive 14-mile tidal lagoon to power Britain's AI energy demands. Plus conservation victories in Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula and Burkina Faso.
Environmental justice groups reel from abrupt EPA funding cuts after transformative community grants disappear. Alabama's civil rights history creates today's sky-high electricity rates and renewable energy resistance. Meanwhile, federal budget cuts threaten the world's most extensive living fungi collection at University of Kansas.
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List has formally declared several species extinct in 2025, marking the end of years-long scientific assessments that confirm what researchers have long suspected. While these species may have vanished from the…
